SOS Technical Glossary

[Hugh Robjohns]

Me? Bored? Don't you know me at all?

[Mixedup]

Bit depth

See 'word length'.

^ there you go, Hugh. I did one for you.

[Hugh Robjohns]

thanks...that's lightened the load!

Actually, there are a few others already in the Glossary too, but still some excellent new ones to add.

[Hugh Robjohns]

Saturation, Wind-shield, MSB, All-pass Network, Stage/s, Slope/gradient,
Diffuse/diffusion

All done... along with the inevitable spin-off entries and links...

Pre-ringing, Minimum phase, Baxandall, Quasi parametric, Jitter, Bit depth, S+S Sample and synthesis, Scrubbing Tape, Frippertronics, LDC - large diaphragm condenser, SDC,
LU - loudness unit, LKFS, Pre delay, Echo, Chamber, SRC, NYC (New York compression), Band reject filter, Turnover frequency, Binaural, Shotgun, Crest factor, Noise floor, SRC sample rate convert/er

On my to-do list for when the will to live returns...

[FrankF]

Damn good idea! Done!

And here's the direct link to the term for those of us who are lazy but nosy too...

https://www.soundonsound.com/glossary/dfa

I hear Behringer are bringing out a DFA clone in the next few weeks.
It will have both MIDI and USB sockets, and will be available in a whole range of "attractive" colours.

According to my source, it's expected to start shipping from the beginning of April - I've pre-ordered mine already!

[Hugh Robjohns]

Pre-ringing, Minimum phase, Baxandall, Quasi parametric, LKFS, LU, bit depth, LDC/SDC, Band stop (reject) filter, Turnover frequency, SRC sample rate converter

All added...

Jitter, S+S Sample and synthesis, Scrubbing Tape, Frippertronics, Pre delay, Echo, Chamber, SRC, NYC (New York compression), Binaural, Shotgun, Crest factor, Noise floor,

Still on the to-do list after a long lie down in a darkened room...

[Drew Stephenson]

Ave Moderator! Mixerturi te salutant!

[Luke W]

Love the fact that DFA has made its way in there, that was a great suggestion.

[Hugh Robjohns]

New terms added to the Glossary:

Acoustic Envelope
Jitter
Interface Jitter
NYC (New York compression) / Parallel Compression
Shotgun Mic/Rifle Mic/Interference tube mic
Binaural
Dummy Head
Crest Factor
Noise Floor
Chamber Reverb

[Kwackman]

New terms added to the Glossary:

..Dummy Head

At last, I've got my very own personal entry!

[Hugh Robjohns]

Ian wouldn't let me make an entry for Frickin' Eejit!

[Zukan]

Envelope follower

[Forum Admin]

Envelope follower

Isn't that a trainee Post-person?

[wireman]

Been a while since I looked for new suggestions:

• Public Address System (PA)
• Audio Feedback / ringing
• Feedback Suppressor/Controller
• Alignment (tape)
• Front of House (as pertains to division of tasks for sound engineering).
• Live Sound Mixing
• missing/phantom fundamental

[forumuser840717]

Suggestion - explanation of the 3:1 "Rule"?

Mainly because it creates more confusion than it solves and probably 95+% of the time it's irrelevant to the circumstances in which it's being raised!

[Hugh Robjohns]

Thanks. I'll add it to the list.

[wireman]

Perhaps my suggestions a few posts up were not worthy?...

[Hugh Robjohns]

Sorry, yes, I'll add them to the list too!

[Drew Stephenson]

Rompler. Saw it in the mag this month and I'm really not sure what it is.
But I might have one in the garage.

[Wonks]

Rompler. Saw it in the mag this month and I'm really not sure what it is.
But I might have one in the garage.

Didn't you ever wear a rompler suit when you were young?

Replace 'sam' in sampler with 'ROM', and you get a ROMpler. A synth that basically plays back samples stored in ROM, though often allowing you to mix different samples in layers and to change the filters and envelopes plus add effects etc. A pure ROMpler has no other means of sound creation onboard (e.g. no oscillators). The Roland JV1080 would be a classic example of a ROMpler.

[Eddy Deegan]

Yep. Wonks summed it up nicely but it's a term close to my heart so I'll add my supplementary definition.

"A device that uses samples instead of oscillators but cannot sample and within which the waveforms are stored in ROM as opposed to RAM or equivalent".

One advantage of a rompler is that you don't have the hassle of keymapping and such. It 'just works' due to the effort put in by the engineers who created the product. They are generally better at sampling than users are.

Of course the downside is you can't play samples you created.

There is a grey area between sampler and rompler which is a synth that has no sampling hardware but which has memory into which user-samples can be loaded (the Yamaha SY85 being an old example and the Kurzweil K2700 being a new one) but that feature comes with various caveats, overheads and limitations and technically that's not completely romplerific* by definition.

* I may have coined a new term there. I'll own it

[Hugh Robjohns]

Thanks chaps, I'll add those definitions ASAP.

[Drew Stephenson]

Thank you all.

[Hugh Robjohns]

Sorry... took me a while, but I've added it to the Glossary